Literature
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Book Review: 'Operator Down' is page-turning thriller
Jan 09, 2018 6:00 am - "Operator Down" (Dutton), by Brad Taylor "Operator Down," Brad Taylor's latest in his best-selling Pike Logan series, showcases a few of the best supporting characters i...
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Review: Neil Olson's 'The Black Painting' is complex tale
Jan 09, 2018 6:00 am - "The Black Painting" (Hanover Square), by Neil Olson The wealthy, reclusive patriarch of the Morse family summons his estranged children and grandchildren to his mansion...
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Worried about your nanny? Here's a novel in which your worst nightmare is realized.Jan 09, 2018 5:00 am - "The Perfect Nanny" By Leila Slimani, translated from French by Sam Taylor Penguin. 234 pages. Paperback. $16 --- The first "hot" novel of 2018 is Leila Slimani's i...
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A 'Fire and Fury' for the 280-character attention spanJan 08, 2018 10:00 pm - "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" By Michael Wolff Macmillan Audio. 12 hours. $26.99 --- The insatiable appetite for tales of President Trump's outsize ...
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Teen Writers & Artists Project host three 'Wordplay' events in JanuaryJan 08, 2018 10:00 pm - The Teen Writers and Artists Project will host the next "Wordplay" from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11, at Mooseheart Child City and School, 240 W. James J. Davis Drive, ...
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Review: C.J. Tudor makes compelling debut with 'Chalk Man'
Jan 08, 2018 6:00 am - "The Chalk Man" (Crown) by C.J. Tudor Childhood affects development into adulthood, as C.J. Tudor fervently illustrates in her compelling debut, "The Chalk Man." The dis...
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Review: 'The Immortalists' is sweeping family saga
Jan 08, 2018 6:00 am - "The Immortalists" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by Chloe Benjamin To describe Chloe Benjamin's second novel, "The Immortalists," as a story about the evolution of a family woul...
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Review: 'A Map of the Dark' is a solid police procedural
Jan 08, 2018 6:00 am - "A Map of the Dark" (Mulholland) by Karen Ellis Childhood violence can breed violence. But for Elsa Myers, a violent childhood gave her an insight that she uses daily as...
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Two books explain the rise of Marvel and DC - and the clash between themJan 08, 2018 5:00 am - Stan Lee, who turned 95 last week, still commands the center spotlight as the greatest living ambassador of comics. His towering presence as editor and showman runs thro...
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Submissions due for Waterline Writers' blues-themed literary eventJan 07, 2018 10:00 pm - Waterline Writers in Batavia announces a call for submissions for "Let the Blues Be Your Muse," a blues-themed literary event. It will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 20,...